Metal wheel.



miren siii if @FFCEQ f KEDRE JLYLTHEB, OF DYTON, {EE-HO.

METAL WHEEL.

Leonesa Specification of Letters aent.

'Patented llielo. si, i919..

Toa/ZZ fwiwm il may concern:

. rim.

Be it known that l, GEORGE ilinn'riiniz, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Metal "ri/"heels, ot which the following is a speeiieation, reference beinghacl therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to metal wheels and more particularly to wheels which are clesigned for use with automobile trucks, and which are east in one piece.

The object ot' the invention is to provide a Wheel of 'this kind which will combine strength Withlightness; and which. when adapted for use with a deinonntable `rim will comprise but few pieces.

It is also an object of the invention to` vthus maintaining the cost of production at a low i'ignre.

It is 4also an object ot' the invention to provide such a wheel in which a portion of the fini of the wheel will constitute a brake ymember.

ln the accompanying drawings .Figure 1 is e side elevation of a portion of a wheel ein.- bodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a. sectional View taken transversely of the riin showing aspokein elevation; and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View of one ot the spokes.

ln these drawings ll have illustrated one einbodin'ient of my invention and have shown the saine as comprising a hub l about which extends a hollow riin which is con nected with the heb by means ol solid spokes which. are east integral witlithe hub and the is here shown the hollow fini coniprises a substantially lat outer wall 2 which,

owever, is provided near one enge with a thickened. portion 3 to forni an abutment against which the deinonntable vini may be -.clamped. This thickened portion is preielalolytapered to correspond to the tapered rim or annular wedge Ll which is nlaced at the opposite side of the demonniiable rim after the latter has been placed in posiion and is elainpecl in position 'n v plates or clips 5 placed against the side walls 6 of the rim and end of ihe wallen-shaped ring'fi. "The lbut these are provided merely. to permit theV means ol" plates, or clips, are serui'ed in position by bolts i extending through the side walls (l of the rim and through the respective clips oi' plates 5. The outer wall ol the rim is here shown as having a series of openings S,

i'ei'noval oi the core and are not an essential part ot' the invention. The outer wall is also provided, between the openings, with a central channel or depression to minimize the amount of machiningnecessary. The

side lwalls (tot the riin are substantiallyparallel and are ioruied integral with the outer well 2 and with the inner wall 9. This inner wall has its side portions curved `inwardly and converging toward the hub so as to foi-in a substantially l! -shaped portion alongl the center of the inner Walhjthe apex or? which lies substantially in a plane extending through the, center of the hub. The spokes 10, which are castintegral with the heb and the rim, are solid and flat in shape. and extend from theapex of the V-shaped center portion off the inner wall of the rim to the heb. Each spoke is provided on its opposite sides with laterally projecting ribs ll which extend from the hub to the riin and are formed integral with these parts at the respective ends thereof. At the outer end of each spoke tlvA ribs for that spoke extend beyond the end et the body portion ot' the spoke. along the converging walls of the V- shaped portion of the inner wall of the rim, the end portions being curved outwardly and being tapered toward the respective edges of the rini. The spokes are here shown in the forni of a web extending between the rin: and the hub and having between `tlu` several ribs substai'itially triangular openings .hewn at lil in Fig. 1. This construetion oi' the rim aud spokes provides a very sti-ong structure in which the strains will be distributori over a large portieri of the riin aiul'wliiih is at the sanie time of relatively light weight and of a neat attractive nppeni-ance. ln the present construction the inner wall of the ,vini is provided along one side of the spokes with a substantially flat 'i'iction surface, as shown at i3, which constitutes a brake member io-coperate with the friction shoes of the brake mechanism. llaeh spoke inc v, il" desired, be provided with transver holes ll reinioreed o); bosses .formed ln'igral with ihr il to pel'- als. ne' other '"if' member. or7 the li of course, any suitable number ot' spokes may he need I have found that when seven spokes are employed the arrangement :unl spaei'ng are siii-,h ne to gire excellent results.

The wheel thus constructed is, :is hns heen explained, not only very light :incl very strong ont censislts of n single piece with no parte or joints te' heroine seperated or broken, end it in. also, so Constructed :is to receive. und Secure thereto n lemonntahle rim with the nee only nt' single clamping ring and the necessary eli'pn and bolts; The rim is hollow and is consequently VerYJ light although haring great strength.' The :litio wells or flanges tl'n'ongh which the bolts T extend are Connected one to the other hy the inner Wall of the rim which completely closes the space between the eide walls and flanges and. prevents the entrance of nnulf and other foreign metter into the riin. Bv forming the brake tir in integral with tinriln this additional. part is dispensed with as well as' the bolts and otlie' litt-:telling de vices. The construction of the rim and oi the Spokes euch that the wheel is easil)VT cent and for this reason as Well es because of the relatively smell amount et inetel con tained Within the same it ehn he produce@ at lo' cost.

While l have shown und describe-El one embodiment of my invention I Wish, it to he understood that l (lo not desire to he liniitei to the details of construction :ne varient; moclientions Will ogni-1r to n person Skilled in the nrt. r

Having now l'nlly desoriherl my inwrntion. what-I claim as new nnrl desire to secure h v Letters Patent,

l. ln e metal wheel7 :i huhg n hollow rim having inner :intl outer nelle and SuhStrtntinlly parallel side Walle, Said inner vnil be ing' Continuous throiiighont the circumference or' seid rim. and having nn inwnrdlg7 extending i/ehnpecl portion arranged een trnlly there@7 :intl tint spokes extending' he* tween nml enst integral with Said huh and the apex of the V-shnpefl portion of `the ino'lf eind riin. erich haring laterally ries; on the opiiiosne erden thereof lling tor the .lnll length thereof,

il having their enter end portions externlin rond the apex of the V-Shaped portan the inner wall of 51ml rnn :incl

e @onvergin` portions of :mid inner tnpererl ton'nrfl the resri'ieetive Y :':fzirl rimn wheel, n hnh. n hollow Vini nml. outer welle; :nul einheitenllel eifle Walle to receive holte7 sziifl inner will having itel opposite stifle portione rurrerl innnrrll); :unl A y tonni-rl ein huh` :unl lint' spokes enst integral with "al irl nel) :unl anni rin'n :nul envi), having; inoieeling ribs; extending for the i thereofn Seid rihs haring; their oul extending heyonrl the ende' et 're spokes along the eonverging the inner vvnll oli Suid rim nncl tapered toward the respective erlgfee of said ,s inner wall of seid rini on one side roken having' n friction Surf-nee :incl

j n brake member. elnl wheeh n hub, a hollow rim hnvingg inner and outer Welle :incl enhstsin tinllv prrellel sifle welle: snirl inner will henone thra'nuhout the Cireurnfinj- `i l rini :intl hnvlne' :in inwardly eX- I-ehzipefl portion nrrnngrecl Centrally therro'i; wel el inetnl extenfling between :ind mr integrati with wid huh end the apex oiZ the inner will ot fsnii'l rien-21nd having opening-:1v therein Spueetl npurl to forni rmilinl Spokes. #nifl openings: having' their outer enfle; ri iflecl to izrovide the spokes with enlarged i, portionn7 :intl also haring inte grail rile; lim-meti on hoth sifies therern :nui ex'enrliii' lengthwise olf .feniil Spolfex :unl inte grnlly f' ieeterl nt their ende resi'ieetiveli' with seznul huh nucl the converging wnllsi of the l! pod portion or' the inner will oi' Snirl rn ln lesa-l nnen)v hermit l nx'lix niv signature heroin.

GEORGE VWLTER.

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